TWENTY-SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT GO 



usual. Numerically, the death list was aug-mented by a number 

 of aged and undesirable animals that were systematically elimi- 

 nated. 



DEPART^FENT OF MAMMALS. 



W. T. IIOKXADAY, Cui:it(ir; K'. L. Ditmars, Assistniit Cunitor; 

 Joiix TooiiEY, Head Keeper. 



Among- the more important purchases during the year were 

 the following: one large orang-utan, 1 small orang-utan, 1 Colo- 

 bus monkey, 1 moustache monkey, 1 Diana monkey, 1 woolly 

 monkey, 1 Barbary "ape", 1 lion-headed marmoset, male and 

 female musk-ox, 2 pairs of Rocky Mountain sheep, 1 pair of 

 Rocky Mountain goats, 1 pair of anoas, or Celebes pygmy buffalo, 

 female kudu, 1 mule deer (male) , 2 grizzly bear cubs from 

 Alaska, 2 I lack leopards, 1 Malayan leopard, 1 striped-tailed dog, 

 1 Florida otter, 2 grison, 1 fisher, 1 brush-tailed porcupine, 1 

 albino gray squirrel, 5 Prevost's squirrels, 1 capybara, 2 albino 

 Canadian porcupines, 2 great ant-eaters, 1 9-banded armadillo 

 and 6 flying phalangers. 



Among the more important gifts were one male and three 

 female bison, from the Yellowstone National Park, gift of the 

 United States Government; 1 black bear from Anticosti Island, 

 St. Lawrence River, gift of Senator Gaston Menier, Paris ; 1 

 jaguar cub, 1 leopard cub, 1 Malayan squirrel and 1 Mexican 

 fire-bellied squirrel. All the gifts for the year are listed in de- 

 tail, with names of donors, on other pages of this volume. 



An interesting specimen on exhibition during 1921, was the 

 young western lynx presented to Marshal Ferdinand Foch. The 

 donation was made in the West and the animal brought to New 

 York on the special train carrying the Marshal and his party. 

 It was deposited in the Park on November 16 and placed on 

 exhibition in the Small Mammal House. When Marshal Foch 

 sailed for France, about six weeks later, the cat was provided 

 with a specially built cage and delivered at the steamer. 



The follow^ing were the births in the Park during 1921 : 



1 Baby Chimpanzee 4 Barasingha Deer 



2 Mongoose Lemurs 3 Axis Deei' 



1 Woodw^ard Kangaroo 2 Malay Sambar Deer 



2 Grizzly Bears 2 Red Deer 



